tally

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1. 1.Hence, any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book; especially, one kept in duplicate.
2. 2.One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate. They were framed the tallies for each other. Dryden.
3. 3.A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a tally in a game.
4. 4.A tally shop. See Tally shop, below. Tally shop, a shop at which goods or articles are sold to customers on account, the account being kept in corresponding books, one called the tally, kept by the buyer, the other the counter tally, kept by the seller, and the payments being made weekly or otherwise by agreement. The trade thus regulated is called tally trade. Eng. Encyc. -- To strike tallies, to act in correspondence, or alike. [Obs.] Fuller.
5. 5.To score with correspondent notches; hence, to make to correspond; to cause to fit or suit. They are not so well tallied to the present juncture. Pope.
6. 6.(Naut.) To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard. W. C. Russell. Tally on (Naut.), to dovetail together.
7. 7.To be fitted; to suit; to correspond; to match. I found pieces of tiles that exactly tallied with the channel. Addison. Your idea . . . tallies exactly with mine. Walpole.
8. 8.To make a tally; to score; as, to tally in a game. Tally on (Naut.), to man a rope for hauling, the men standing in a line or tail.
9. 9.Stoutly; with spirit. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is hence, any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book; especially, one kept in duplicate called?
• What is one thing made to suit another; a match; a mate. They were framed the tallies for each other. Dryden called?
• What is a notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a tally in a game called?
• What is to score with correspondent notches; hence, to make to correspond; to cause to fit or suit. They are not so well tallied to the present juncture. Pope called?
• What is to check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard. W. C. Russell. Tally on (Naut.), to dovetail together called?
• What is to be fitted; to suit; to correspond; to match. I found pieces of tiles that exactly tallied with the channel. Addison. Your idea . . . tallies exactly with mine. Walpole called?
• What is to make a tally; to score; as, to tally in a game. Tally on (Naut.), to man a rope for hauling, the men standing in a line or tail called?
• What is stoutly; with spirit. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl called?